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WHEEL original Filed Nov. 3, 1924 2 Sheasfsneet 2 His @Har/eq Patented Mar. 18, 1930 ri-ica y JOHN WILLIAM WHITE, F BUFFALO, NEW YGRK, ASSIGNOR '10 KELSEY-HAYES WHEEL CORPORATION, OF DETROIT, MICHGAN, `A CRPORATXON OF YORK .application led November 3, 1924, Serial No. 747,520 Renewed April 1G, 1328.

wheel disc whether Athe wheel be demount-- able or non-demountable at the hub..

Another object of this invention is to provide in a disc wheel a rear support for the wheel disc beyond the diameter of the inner hub iiange said disc being secured to both saidsupport and said hub iiange.

A further object of this invention is to provide in a disc wheel a hub having a single flange to the same 'face or which both the wheel disc and the disc support are secured.

Other objects of this invention will appear from the following description takenin connection with the drawings which form a part thereof, and in which:

Fg. 1 is a sectional side elevation of a porthis invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar vview ofy'a front wheel A embodying this invention;

l Fig. 3-is a view of a hub for a rear wheel.

Fi y. 4 is a Vfront viewof a wheel embodyt is invention; l

ig. 5 is a sectional sideelevation of a portion -of a front wheel embodying another form of this invention; v

. Fig. 6 is a similar view'of a rear wheel;

Fig. 7 is a view of a rear hub; and Fig. 8 is a front elevation on a small scale. p Referring to the embodiments shown in Fi 1, 2, 3, and' 4, the reference numeral 10 is employed to designate the rear hub and the reference numeral 11 the front hub upon each of which hubs a wheel disc 12 is adapted to be reinovabl mounted and held in position by means o an annular late 13. i Due to the well-known di erence in length of the front and rear axle of motor vehicles, it is of course necessarythat the hub vary accordin'gl However, the inner ends of all hubs ma e in accordance with this invention 5 are identical in exterior contour and contion of a rear wheel embodying one form of struction and the same reference numerals will be applied in each case. t the end of each of the inner hubs 10, 11 is provided a radial annular flange 14 in front of which is Hiorrned an annular seat 15.. @n each hub in front of theannular seat 15 is provided an annular seat 17, the diameter of which is less that that of the seat 15. The seat 17 is separated fromthe seat 15 by a portionl of the hub.

The construction illustrated is intended to form part of the equipment of a motor vehicle having four-wheelbralres, and mounted upon each hub is a brake drum, 18, which rests upon the seat 15 and bears against the outer face of the lange 14, being held in such position by the means of the bolt 19. The head 20 of the bolt `Vis upset, as shown in Fig. 1, and an enlarged portion is provided which rests against the outer face of the drum so that the bralredrum is permanently secured in position on the hub between the head 20 and the enlarged 'portion 21. The i'brake drum is provided with an outwardly inclined annular portion 22, the purpose of which' will be set forthy below. ,j

The disc 12 is preferably the type shown in my Patent #1,473,368, dated November 6,' 1923, provided with an annular series of apertures 23 throu h which the outer ends of the bolts 19 pro]ect. The disc 12 has an outwardly inclined annular portion 24, similar to the portion22 of the lbrake drum 18. and is clamped against the brake drum `by the plate 13, which is also provided with suitably spaced apertures 25, through which the bolts -19'project, so that the disc 12 and ring 13 are rlgidlyr clamped on the hub against the f brake drum 18 by lmeans of nuts v26, mounted u on the threaded outer ends ofthe bolts19. tA will \be noted that after removing the. nuts 26, 'the ring 13 which rests on the seats 17 of the hub can be slipped olf I' hub, and when such conditions arise the embodiment shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7', and 8 may be employed. Referring to these figures the reference numerals 3l and 30 arev employed to designate front and rear hubs which differ in -length as previously pointed out, but which like the hubs 10 and 11 are identical in the external contour and construction and are eachprovided with a radial annular flange 32. The inner face of the flange 32 is inclined at 33- adjacent its periphery and has a flat radial surface 34 below the inclined surface, the inner edge of which flat portion 34 is formed an inwardly projecting annular seat 35. The wheel disc 36,- mounted upon the hub is the same as the disc 12, of the rst embodiment, and rest-s upon the seat 35, the inner face of the flange 32 being shaped to coincide with the outer face of the disc. Against t-he inner face of the disc 36 and resting upon the seat 35 is mounted a brake drum 37 or, in the case of the front wheel of a vehicle having rear brakes only, a ring 38. Be-

tween the flange 32 and the brake drum 37 or between the flange 32 and the ring 38, the disc 36 is rigidly secured in position by means of" a plurality of bolts 39, which are symmetrically arranged around the flange, as shown particularly in Fig. 8.

. While two embodiments of this invention have been shown and described applicant is not to be limited thereby since it is obvious that others may be made without'departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.

' Having thus set forth my invention what -I claim as new and for which I desire protection by Letters Patent is:

1. In a. discuwheel a hub having adjacent its inner-end, an annular flange projecting radiallv' therefrom, an annular seat on said hub in front of said ange, a second annular seat on said hub in front of and smaller in diameter than said first named seat, a wheel discfa brake drum mounted behind said disc, on said first named seat, a clamping ring mounted in front of said disc on said second named seat and means forl permanently securing said' brake drum lto said flange and for removably clamping said disc between saidbrakeqdrum and said clamping means.`

2. In a disc wheel a hub having, adjacent its inner end, an annular flange projecting radially therefrom, a brake drum mounted upon said hub, means securing said drum to said flange, said vdrum having an outwardly inclined annular portion outside said secur ing-means, a wheel disc in front of said drum,

an annular plate.mounted upon said hub in front of said disc and means for clamping said disc between said plate and said drum, said disc being clamped by the plate adjacent 1ts periphery against the outwardlyinchned annular portion of said drum whereby the portion of the disc inside the periphery of the plate is unconned. i

3. In a disc Wheel a-hub having, adjacent its inner end, an annular flange projecting radially therefrom, a brake drum mounted upon said hub and secured to the outer face of said flange, said drum having anfoutwardly inclined annular portion, a wheel d1sc 1n signature. Y A JOHNIWILLIAM WHITE.

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